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Exit Interview Form

Structured leaver interview capturing the real reason for leaving, what would have kept them and rehire status.

A ready-to-use human resources form for HR, people ops and hiring managers: 33 questions, 4 pages, 4 conditional rules.

Questions
33
Pages
4
Layouts
classic · card
Conditional rules
4
Typical time
8 min
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Exit interview

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Who this template is for

Exit Interview Form is built for HR, people ops and hiring managers who need to run hiring and internal people processes on one auditable record.

  • HR, people ops and hiring managers working in human resources.
  • Teams who need to run hiring and internal people processes on one auditable record without writing code or paying for a custom build.
  • Anyone replacing CVs, requests and approvals scattered across inboxes with one structured record per enquiry.
  • Respondents are candidates and employees — the form asks them 33 questions across 4 screens.
  • Mobile-heavy audiences, thanks to the one-question-per-screen card layout.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of CVs, requests and approvals scattered across inboxes and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

  • 16 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
  • It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
  • It pins the request to a specific date.
  • It scores satisfaction on a consistent scale.
  • It measures sentiment on a numeric scale.
  • It allows multiple selections without free text.
  • Conditional logic hides 4 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
  • Splitting the form across 4 pages keeps each screen short and shows respondents how much is left.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

  1. 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Exit Interview Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
  2. 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
  3. 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
  4. 4Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
  5. 5Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 4 conditional rules ship with it.

  • Features advanced show logic: if “Primary reason for leaving” is New role elsewhere, the form dynamically exposes “What did the new role offer that we did not?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Did you raise these issues before deciding to leave?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Who did you raise it with, and what happened?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Is there anything that needs to be escalated?” is Yes, “Describe the concern” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Would you consider working here again?” is No, the form dynamically exposes “What would have to change?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • All 4 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

Leavers tell you things nobody still employed will. The trick is asking before the last day and asking in an order that gets past the polite answer. This form opens with the facts — name, role, department, manager, start and end dates, and the type of departure — then asks for the primary reason for leaving from a fixed list so the data aggregates, followed by an open box for the story behind it. Choosing a new role opens questions about the new employer's offer: pay, scope, flexibility or progression, which is where most resignations are actually decided. Rated blocks cover the job itself, the manager relationship, workload, recognition, pay and benefits, and whether the person felt they could progress. Then the two questions that matter most: what would have kept you, and did you raise this with anyone before deciding. A concerns branch captures anything that needs escalation rather than aggregation. It ends on the practical offboarding checks — equipment, access, handover owner and rehire eligibility — so one form closes both the conversation and the process.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Page 1 — Leaver details

  • Employee namerequired
  • Job titlerequired
  • Departmentrequired
  • Line managerrequired
  • Start date
  • Last working dayrequired
  • Type of departurerequired
  • Interviewerrequired

Page 2 — Why you are leaving

  • Primary reason for leavingrequired
  • Tell us more in your own wordsrequired
  • What did the new role offer that we did not?
  • Did you raise these issues before deciding to leave?required
  • Who did you raise it with, and what happened?
  • What would have kept you here?required

Page 3 — Rate your experience

  • The job itself
  • Support from your manager
  • Workload and hours
  • Recognition for good work
  • Pay and benefits
  • Opportunity to progress
  • Tools and equipment
  • Onboarding when you joined
  • How likely are you to recommend us as an employer?

Page 4 — Closing out

  • Is there anything that needs to be escalated?required
  • Describe the concern
  • Would you consider working here again?required
  • What would have to change?
  • Offboarding checks completed
  • Who is taking over the work?required
  • Rehire eligible?
  • Personal email for future contactrequired
  • Interviewer notes
  • Interview daterequired

33 questions in total.

How the form changes as it's filled in

This template ships with 4 conditional rules, grouped into 4 behaviours driven by 4 questions. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.

Driven by “Primary reason for leaving

  • Reveals questions

    If “Primary reason for leaving” is New role elsewhere, the form reveals “What did the new role offer that we did not?”.

Driven by “Did you raise these issues before deciding to leave?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Did you raise these issues before deciding to leave?” is Yes, the form reveals “Who did you raise it with, and what happened?”.

Driven by “Is there anything that needs to be escalated?

  • Makes answers required

    If “Is there anything that needs to be escalated?” is Yes, “Describe the concern” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Driven by “Would you consider working here again?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Would you consider working here again?” is No, the form reveals “What would have to change?”.

Set it up step by step

  1. 1

    Book it before the last week

    Run the interview with a week or two still to go. On the final day people are packing, polite and already gone.

  2. 2

    Separate escalation from analysis

    Send responses flagged for escalation to a named HR inbox and keep everything else for aggregate reporting only.

  3. 3

    Report by reason and department

    Export quarterly and read the primary reason field by department — one manager's name recurring in the open text is the finding.

  4. 4

    Close the loop with the checklist

    Use the offboarding checks page as the actual leaver checklist so access, equipment and handover are recorded in the same submission.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Having the departing person's own manager run the interview, which quietly removes the honest answers.
  • Collecting exit data and never aggregating it, so the same reason recurs for years.
  • Skipping the 'what would have kept you' question, which is the single most actionable answer in the form.

What it pairs with

Most teams don't run this form on its own. These are the forms and systems it sits next to.

What to do with the responses

Escalate flagged concerns the same week, add the response to your quarterly retention report, and confirm rehire status on the personnel record.

Works in both layouts

These pages cover the same subject ground as the exit interview form, matched on the words people actually search for.

Privacy & compliance

This form holds employee or applicant data. Route it to a named HR mailbox rather than a shared inbox, and keep the audit trail on so you can show who viewed each response.

Frequently asked questions

Who should run an exit interview?

Someone outside the leaver's reporting line — HR, People Ops or a peer manager. Answers change substantially when the person being described is sitting in the room.

Should it be a form or a conversation?

Both. Have the conversation and fill this in as the record, or send the link ahead so the leaver arrives having already thought about the harder questions.

How do we use the data?

Aggregate the primary reason and the rated blocks by department and quarter. One exit interview is an anecdote; twenty with the same reason is a retention problem you can cost.

What about redundancies and dismissals?

Choose the matching departure type. The reason list and open questions still apply, but treat anything raised as a concern under your grievance procedure rather than as survey data.

How do I get a free exit interview form?

Yes. You can preview and test Exit Interview Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What questions should a exit interview form include?

It asks 33 questions across 4 pages, 16 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

How do I customise this exit interview form?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the classic and card layouts, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

How do I use conditional questions in a human resources form?

4 conditional rules ship with the template: Features advanced show logic: if “Primary reason for leaving” is New role elsewhere, the form dynamically exposes “What did the new role offer that we did not?”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Did you raise these issues before deciding to leave?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Who did you raise it with, and what happened?”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features conditional validation: if “Is there anything that needs to be escalated?” is Yes, “Describe the concern” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where can I see the answers to my exit interview form?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

How do I put a exit interview form on my website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

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